Socialism doesn’t work, but what about Communism? It seems to be working well for the Chinese government, much to the bewilderment of Republicans and Libertarians in America. 

topics include: Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, China, government, private industry, venture capital, technology, internet, cellular phones, apps, USA, Silicon Valley, Kai-Fu Lee, infrastructure, jobs market, automation, economy, factories, politics, Republicans and Democrats, ethical codes in US tech industry, free markets, Occupy Wall Street, one percenters, Ronald Reagan, trickle down economics, Donald Trump, tariffs, Ai, data, magic, marketing, public relations, Edward Bernays, propaganda 

In a world where “everyone has a podcast” there are an abundance of shows that focus on conspiracy theories. How many of these programs are being made by producers who actually care about the subject matter?

topics include: podcasting, broadcasting, media, hosts, advertisers, monetization, integrity, degradation of serious material, truth movement, 9/11 truth, alternative media, research, entertainment, analytics, producing material by the numbers

Synchronicity is apparent once again as things continue to fall into place. The Age of Transitions radio show and podcast may have a new name, and a slightly more mature mission, but it is being done in the very same spirit as it was from its beginning.  

Ochelli Radio Network, listeners helping to promote the show, iTunes reviews, high desert Joshua Tree, camping trip, synchronicity, rebranding of Trans Resister Radio to The Age of Transitions, Revolve Man’s Scientific Rise To Godhood, creating media, loaded term trans, play on words, possible misunderstandings, identity politics, nomenclature as destiny, branding, success with the show, training your mind, Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, power of images, good aspects of technological development, resisting oppression, power of immaterial things, military technology, cyborgs, transhumanism, 2045 Global Initiative, mind uploading, Transpecies Society, cellular phones, online life, smart homes, reliance on technology

The podcast is now rebranded The Age of Transitions. On this first episode featuring the new name a very important topic is discussed: NEEEEEEEEERDS!

topics include: Revenge of the Nerds movie, fraternities, social clubs, secret societies, nerds obstacle is socializing, rituals and hazing, men dressing as women, Kappa Beta Phi, Wall-street fraternity, Kevin Roose, occult, initiation, neophytes, enlightenment, fire symbolism, universities, education, NSA, cryptography, federal agencies that are self contained secret societies, the virtuous nerd

Aaron celebrates the Summer Solstice with a live broadcast. A quick look at Masonic symbolism moves into a huge glance at the mystery of consciousness. 

Summer Solstice, holy days, religion, philosophy, myth, agriculture, Freemasonry, the Builders, artifice, nature, Garden of Eden, history of consciousness, Owen Barfield, participation, ego, new age, native Americans encountering Europeans landing boats on ocean shore, creating your own reality, blaming the victim, shallow views of deeper truths, meditation, Zen gardening, atheists, arguing what God is and thinks, eye witness accounts not reliable, perception is reality, subconscious, mind 

Carroll Quigley has left a legacy for conspiracy theorists everywhere. Is he only to be appreciated by right wing extremists, or is there something there for everyone? 

topics include: Franni, Yanni, Pure Moods, new age music, Carroll Quigley, Evolution of Civilizations, vested special interests, history, macro history, scientific method, Western Civilization, ignoring Chinese history, Tragedy and Hope, weapons, politics, Bill Clinton, conspiracy culture, right wing extremism, John Birch Society, Richard Grove, rogue publishing, GSG and Associates, Macmillan, first edition, other authors having publishing cut off

Aaron is getting older all the time. Despite popular opinion, getting old can actually be a good thing. What knowledge have you gained over the span of your lifetime thus far? 

topics include: iTunes going away, podcasts, Pennsylvania, getting older can be better, quality of life, knowledge, Kaballah, occult science, chat room interaction, camping in the desert, Twitter, John in Astoria Oregon, Dave McGowan interview, Meria Heller, Ryan Dawson, the Goonies, John Jacob Astor, pirates, Alan Parsons Project, number 23, Sirius Satellite Radio, Martine Rothblatt, transhumanism, IEET, United Nations, international space treaties, occult symbolism, Howard Stern interview, Woodstock Film Festival, 2B film, James Hughes, journalism, robotics competitions, China, government and private sector symbiosis, Ai, industry

Chuck and Uncle fill in for Aaron as guest hosts for this episode  of Trans Resister Radio. Friend and regular caller Marlon Ettinger calls in to discuss an interesting book about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 

topics include: live radio show, Skype, talking, closet revamp, Why Was Lincoln Murdered, history documentaries, Civil War, thrift store finds, huskies, dog breeding, greyhound racing, horse racing, Kentucky Derby, JFK assassination, premonitions of murder, Uncle business cards, China, artificial intelligence, 21st century, Japan no longer tech leader, emerging technologies, deep learning, Big Data, IT, military development, philosophy by which computer science is constructed

Chuck and Uncle fill in for Aaron as guest hosts for this episode  of Trans Resister Radio. Friend and regular caller Marlon Ettinger calls in to discuss an interesting book about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 

topics include: live radio show, Skype, talking, closet revamp, Why Was Lincoln Murdered, history documentaries, Civil War, thrift store finds, huskies, dog breeding, greyhound racing, horse racing, Kentucky Derby, JFK assassination, premonitions of murder, Uncle business cards, China, artificial intelligence, 21st century, Japan no longer tech leader, emerging technologies, deep learning, Big Data, IT, military development, philosophy by which computer science is constructed

This is a completely unscripted and impromptu dialogue about what it is that we are all looking for. We all require meaning in our lives. So, how do we go about finding this meaning? Is it correct to follow the instruction booklet handed to us by society, or do we need to go about it another way? Aaron probably doesn't answer any of these questions, but he certainly explores them here with sincerity for what that is worth.

topics include: can you blame the world for your problems, existential crisis, sociology, psychology, soul, mind, consciousness, subconscious, programmed responses, inspiration, dreams, jobs, careers, American Dream, truth, objectivity, subjectivity, metaphysical aspects of life, dolphin intelligence, finding meaning in life, the Void, mysticism, formulaic thinking, depression, success, responsibility, enjoying misery, healthcare, caring for one another, medicine, profit motive, capitalism, music, art, living the dream, gainful employment, career cannot fulfill you, dream jobs, money, comfort, privilege, coworkers talking about their work, subsistence wages, value of human life, homelessness, limitation of the individual leads to making cheap excuses, unnecessary suffering, folly of technological utopia ideal, artificial intelligence, Aaron’s upbringing, socially induced sado masochism, contentment, reflecting on your accomplishments, life is good, seeing the good aspects of your job, gyms, value of physical activity, human interaction, conversation, self empowerment, rejecting a life of torture, fighting back, satisfaction of belief in the past, emotion, we all need both criticism and praise, do what you want to do, not censoring yourself, doing more with less

Aaron does a casual show in which he gets to talk to producer Chuck Ochelli, and regular caller Robin. From the Internet of Things to eugenics, there was no shortage of things to talk about here. 

topics include: China, US, global relations, Cold War style rhetoric, technology, Ai, deep learning, big data, information technology, big tech, smart TVs gathering data on users, Netflix, 5G, wireless, adverse health effects, privacy, F16 Crash into Cisco warehouse, military industrial complex, eugenics, artificial wombs, PC culture bringing big changes, politics, Revolve book, Francis Galton, inbreeding of Galton Darwin and Wedgwood families

The tension between China and the United States is undeniable. What it all may be leading to is impossible to say, but trying to understand our current situation is a useful thing to do. Marlon Ettinger calls in to the show to help Aaron do just this. 

topics include: China, CCP, Xianjiang Provence, Uyghur, reeducation camps, concentration camps, propaganda, geopolitics, development, economics, military, Trump, Xi Jinping, technology, real estate, North Korea, South Korea

Here is the second installment of book notes on The Science of Life. You will get to enjoy all of the wonderful calls for a eugenic utopia from Julian Huxley and HG Wells. Aaron quotes directly from this little known book to help broaden your understanding of eugenics, the foundations of genetic science, and dark Social Darwinian philosophy.

topics include: health and disease, anti-vaccine movement of 1920s, social stratification, diet, sunlight, light, reproduction, ants, bees, neuters, hive mind, genetics, brain, selective breeding, biology, science, consciousness, objective and subjective reality, Monism, neurology, Behaviorism, Pavlov, association, instinct, reflex, electrical shock experiments, induction, hypnosis, education, language, dissociation, subconscious, hysteria, no true Teutonic or Aryan races, cymbolism, regression, stigmata, neurasthenia, Freud, Jung, intelligence, eugenics, peyote, privacy, religion, civilization, parapsychology, Modern Man, patriarchy, inbreeding royalty, tabu, agriculture, civilizing a native race, rigid tradition, going beyond nation state, collectivism, The Open Conspiracy, HG Wells, positive and negative eugenics, birth control, dominant minority, depopulation techniques, transhumanism, conquer nature

Darryl Sloan is the author of the book I, Universe. A book about the struggle to find a spiritual sense of things while maintaining a rational and skeptical point of view. This book is very relatable to all seekers out there seeking on. 

topics include: leaving Christianity, Atheism, spirituality, Monism, life changes, writing Reality Check, rejecting cultural norms, Northern Ireland, paranormal, scientism, mystery, going beyond confusion, time, change, present moment, afterlife, reincarnation, ego, death, everything out of Nothing, pantheism, Big Bang, quantum physics, meditation, numinous experiences, psi, psychokinesis, magic, occult, CIA

This is the first part in what will be at least a two part series of book notes on The Science of Life. This book was published in 1929 and authored by HG Wells, Julian Huxley and George Philip Wells. A massive 1500 page book on biological science which includes extensive promotion of eugenics and Social Darwinism. There is no shortage of esoteric significance as well. This book seems to have been missed, as there are few references to it to be found anywhere. 

topics include: man, biology, science, philosophy, religion, genetics, intellectual class, history, Darwinism, Social Darwinism, eugenics, nature, alchemy, art, space time, matter, life, light, sun, myth, evolution, dog breeding, selective breeding, inbreeding, Galton Darwin and Wedgewood family inbreeding, sex, reproduction, genes, immortality, nature vs nurture, CB Davenport, life extension, agriculture, grafting, plants, Cold Springs Harbor, Darwinian competition for resources, divine purpose, consciousness, sun god, Ocean as womb of Nature, life comes on land, Dawn of Man, ecology, economics, as above so below, four elements, chemistry, pollution, life cycle, tree symbolism, Bohemian Grove, sun spots, overpopulation, JBS Haldane, Daedalus, Greece, US military used to kill bison

Friend and fellow Ochelli Radio Network host Pearse Redmond is our guest as we talk a bit about his show Porkins Policy Radio. A strange media landscape filled with nonsense opens up a lot of opportunity for anyone hoping to do something different. 

topics include: #porkinspolicyreview, Instagram, Porkins, live radio, podcast, listener feedback, getting recognized in public, Qanon, calling in to shows, bike lane in Holland Tunnel, hosting, Joseph L Flatley, conspiracy theory, MKULTRA, making up lies, grifters, right wing vs left wing views, doctrinaire beliefs, propaganda, far left politics, hard to please audience, deep events

The modern world has us all in a state of Hyper Activity. At this point what do we do to slow things down? 

topics include: hyperactivity, children, work, society, culture, America, United States, history, Native Americans, conservative cultures, liberal democracy, Western Civilization, Classical Civilization, politics, debate, propaganda, opinion, identity, ego, capitalism, corporations, corporate personhood, planned obsolescence, waste, production and consumption, materialism, wealth, American Dream

What motive might our old friend Newt Gingrich have for bringing political discourse down to the level of the average person? Is the general mood of the public different depending on geographic location? These questions and more are explored on this episode of Trans Resister Radio.

topics include: Ochelli Radio Network, The Age of Transitions, converging technologies, NBIC, politics, public relations, Donald Trump, writing for television, mood, travel, California

Winston Conrad returns to Trans Resister Radio to talk a bit about the new Moss Babies zine he is a part of. The realm of fantasy fiction is discussed with Winston shedding some light on the significance of elves, goblins, dwarves and many other such cryptids. 

topics include: Moss Babies, Pathfinder RPG, Dungeons and Dragons, Satanic Panic, fantasy, JRR Tolkien, folklore, England, elves, goblins, cobalt, salamander, elementals, etymology, metallurgy, alchemy, cryptography, symbolism, cryptozoology, dwarves, dragons, elements, storytelling, myth

Some ideas on how to confront online media abominations. Going head on the field of social media will get you nowhere. Now is the time to be creative and have a sense of humor.

topics include: The Onion, satire, parody, click bait, Twitter, social media, news, journalism, patriot movement, right wing extremism, alternative media, making up false stories, charlatans, grifters, JFK researchers, left wing roots of conspiracy culture, comedy, humor, marketing

Zepto is a long time listener to Trans Resister Radio. Here, he comes on the show to share his personal story of hard times and subsequent redemption. The often maligned “waking up” process can truly be a catalyst for positive self transformation. 

topics include: religion, philosophy, free will, nervous breakdown, truth, writing, politics, the Amish, technology, transhumanism, implantable brain chips, ethics in technological development, Ai, energy, post-scarcity world

Do we entertain angels unaware? When a homeless man speaks is he channeling a higher power? Were groups of pirates occult orders or just some stinky men with peg legs and eye patches? These questions and much more are discussed on this episode of Trans Resister Radio.

topics include: purposely confusing people, the invisible class, homeless people, secret messages, divination, paranormal, preternatural, secret societies, occult, king dressed as a beggar, intelligence agents, CIA, cryptography, angels, secret societies, initiates, fraternal orders, pirates, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland

JG Michael returns to Trans Resister Radio to pick up where he left off last time, talking about far right views within transhumanist circles. From alternative media to popular culture, there seems to be a dark wave of desire washing over us all. Does Nick Land’s concept of the Dark Enlightenment hold any explanation for this, or just more confusion?

topics include: transhumanism, philosophy, religion, politics, conspiracy theory, alternative media, Nick Land, Dark Enlightenment, democracy, Western Civilization, the void, Thanatos, psychology, occult, Peter Thiel, James Hughes, Ray Kurzwweil, Accelerationism, Capitalism, wealth inequality, Social Darwinism, Universal Basic Income, Useless Class

JG Michael, host of the Parallax Views podcast, is the guest on this episode. Here, he talks a bit about the links between transhumanist and far right ideologies. From obsessing over logic and reason to the promotion of eugenics, this cadre of futurists has a decidedly dark way of viewing the world. 

topics include: transhumanism, right wing extremism, fascism, monarchy, democracy, authoritarianism, Anarcho Capitalism, Alt Right, Libertarianism, technology, artificial intelligence, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Less Wrong, MIRI, Singularity University, scientism, Bayesian Mathematics, Michael Anissimov, Neoreactionary Movement, Google, Ray Kurzweil, Nick Land, Postmodernism, Academia, Dark Enlightenment, HP Lovecraft, eugenics, Curtis Yarvin, Mencius Moldbug

Aaron calls on his audience to help him procure guests for the show. He also muses on the idea of doing an Age of Transitions 2 video. 

topics include: guest interviews, social media, emails, Kai-Fu Lee, AI Superpowers, Yasha Levine, Surveillance Valley, Newt Gingrich, artificial intelligence, deep learning, algorithms, big data, economics, media

Friend of the show, Pearse Redmond, returns to talk a bit about some of the stories that are currently flying under the radar. As the story goes, Americans are being attacked by some form of cricket warfare in Cuba. Are John Bolton and the Canadians hoping this aggression will be enough to successfully push for regime change in Venezuela? 

topics include: New Year’s Eve, New York City, sonic weapons, Cuba, diplomats, intelligence agents, CIA, crickets, Associated Press, propaganda, conspiracy, Canadian military, Justin Trudeau, NATO, Venezuela, Latin America, Maduro, oil, geopolitics

Another episode of book notes. This time the book at hand is "Millennium; Winners and Losers in the Coming World Order". A fascinating and prophetic little book from 1991. 

topics include: international banking, emerging technologies, trans humanism, communications, geopolitics, economics, new world order, esoteric religion, sacrifice, family, US decline, Japan, Asia, universities, Ai, nomadic life, technological unemployment, cameras, globalism

Aaron shares some thoughts on the history and current state of artificial intelligence development. China and the US are the current global leaders in the field. Is there a new cold war scenario between these two countries? What are the true long term goals when it comes to Ai? 

topics include: artificial intelligence, machine learning, ARPANET, DARPA, military technological development, Vietnam War, China, Xinjiang, Uyghur minority, concentration camps, Social Credit system, government, corporations, Amazon, Alibaba, cloud computing, MIC, wars, civil liberties

Tom Brown, host of the Bike Karma Podcast, joins Aaron for a discussion about bicycle culture and politics. Like other forms of politics, there is a mix of big business, individuals, and governments at play working to create something. What that something is, no one can quite say, but it is probably a good idea. 

topics include: bicycles, bike cliques, road bikes, mountain bikes, commuting, bike mechanic, bicycle coop, podcasting, bike sharing, China, electric bikes, obsolescence, eco friendly transportation, bike lanes, safety, rolling coal, safety

Trans Resister Radio and Uncle (the podcast) took this Friday off in preparation for Uncle's New Year's Revolution. Be sure to listen live this New Year's Eve from 9pm-3am EST. Call in to join the fun at 252-301-2255. 

The show will be streaming live on Ochelli.com , YouTube, and IG. You can find the YouTube livestream at UncleThePodcast.com 

The latest Trans Resister Radio Bonus Podcast was recorded in a parking lot on Aaron's lunch break. The main topic is media production, and the many tricks that many choose to employ to get ahead. At least, that's what they think they are doing. 

Aaron reminds the listening audience to join Uncle’s New Year’s Revolution live on New Year’s Eve this year. He and Uncle will be having fun and taking calls. After the call to revolution was complete the topic at hand became media, its pitfalls, and ubiquitous dark undercurrent that we all experience. It as at once mysterious and obvious, but not discussed nearly enough. 

topics include: live radio, call in show, fun, media, distribution channels, internet, social media, connectivity, mobile devices, communications, subculture, counterculture, heavy metal, skateboarding, mind games, formulas, playing to a wide audience, political extremism, far right movements, conspiracy culture, alternative media, terrorism, conspiracy behind the conspiracy, change over time, optimism

A leisurely talk about Saint Germain, The Church Universal and Triumphant, secret societies and much more. 

topics include: Uncle’s New Year’s Revolution, live streaming, podcasting, iTunes, reviews, St Germain on Alchemy, Elizabeth Claire Prophet, occult, secret societies, esoteric, religion, cults, high control groups

Spike Robinson and Pearse Redmond come on to talk about their podcast series Undue Influence In Popular Culture. The podcast is published through the Open Minds Foundation. The mystery of the mind and the power of imagination are treasures of the human condition. But every bright and shining treasure casts its shadow. 

topics include: undue influence, high control groups, cults, pop culture, media, hypnotism, the mind, guided imagination, entertainment, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Scientology, door to door magazine crews

Jeffrey Matte comes on Trans Resister Radio for the first time. He and Aaron take the opportunity to talk a bit about the process once referred to as “waking up”. Within the truth seeking community things have taken a decided turn, but to where? 

topics include: truth movement, years 2006 and 2008, Freemasonry, waking up process, Jordan Maxwell, Egypt, irrational aspects of life, corruption, conspiracy, artificial intelligence, social credit system, transhumanism

Aaron reads from, and gives his commentary on, The Tao Te Ching. A wonderfully succinct epic exploration of the Mystery of all existence, the Tao is world famous for good reason. Here, the first five verses of the text are read, and compared to other creation myths from throughout time and across the world. 

topics include: religion, translations, Lao Tsu, Eastern vs Western ideas, philosophy, economy of language, universal truth, naming, first cause, abstract, tangible, duality, dialectics, Yin and Yang, life, death, geology, the Great Integrity, the Great Transition, temperance, desire, suffering, esoteric traditions, Ancient Mysteries, wisdom, meditation, transcendence, mind, abstract thought, creation, gods, the Bible, gods, time, life, manifestation, consciousness, metaphysics

Zach Miller is the keyboardist of the band Dr Dog. He also happens to be an old friend of Aaron’s from Pennsylvania. Here, the two reminisce about tours of abandoned mansions and machine gun factories. A little bit about Ai and live music is also added to the conversation. 

topics include: Dr Dog, working as a touring musician, being onstage, Newport Music Hall in Columbus OH, Philly Phanatic, Gritty, Philadelphia Flyers, podcasting, Ai, Westworld, self driving cars, temp work, cleaning up filth at Land O Lakes, West Chester, drinking games, living in basement, Psychedelic Swamp, Thornwald Mansion, Carlisle, memory, preshow playlist, live music venues, social media, Instagram algorithms causing problems

On this show Aaron talks a bit about art, music and the creative process. Producer, Chuck Ochelli joins to give some insight from his experience working as a musician. 

topics include: art, music, creating, talent, practice, fame, making a living, Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen, Freddy Mercury, Fat Bottomed Girls, rock music, painting, drawing, VIncent Van Gogh, depression, Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey, touring band, session musicians

Aaron reads reviews of Trans Resister Radio written by listeners and posted to iTunes. He also talks to producer Chuck about making media, audience participation, and online activities in general.

topics include: iTunes reviews, listener feedback, communication, podcasting, broadcasting, live radio, hosting a show, encouragement, audience participation, communication, listening to podcasts at work, underemployment, YouTube comments, Twitter, life in the First World

Author and musician Sand Sheff returns to Trans Resister Radio. He and Aaron have a good old fashioned talk about transhumanism, emerging technologies, and so much more that comes along in this age of transitions. 

Sand Sheff, transhumanism, emerging technologies, Ai, Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, Ramona, media, political landscape, future, Sophia, sex robots, automation, work, economy, resistance, different kinds of conservatism, Eclipse Miracle book

Winston Conrad returns to Trans Resister Radio. Here, he gives a bit of his background working as an attorney. The many strange nuances between the political and legal worlds, and Winston’s new 5in5 podcast are focal points of the conversation.

topics include: law, law school, New York City post 9/11, civil rights, immigration, legalization of narcotics, right and left wing viewpoints, podcasting

In this episode, Aaron is replaced by a machine. The first half of the show is dictated by Hostbot 3000. After that, Aaron returns to give his commentary on Newt Gingrich’s concept of The Age of Transitions.

topics include: The Age of Transitions, Newt Gingrich, technology, nanotech, future, politics, government, Donald Trump, 2016 presidential campaign

In this post-Trump era politics has taken a turn for the strange, violent, and entertaining.  We, the people, love engaging content, but where do we draw the line when it comes to serious issues? Have we collectively lost our mind? 

topics include: iTunes reviews, PA governors race, Tom Wolf, Wagner, golf spikes, professional wrestling, Juggalos, ICP, Gathering of the Juggalos, ADDTV, Donald Trump, comedy and politics, 2016 presidential race, law and order, authoritarian takeover, martial law, partisan politics, divisive issues, arguing in place of debate, real change

On this episode of Trans Resister Radio Aaron and his producer Chuck Ochelli return to their conversation on the occult meanings of heavy metal lyrics. Songs by Death, Dio and Danzig are analyzed along with many other fun tangential things along the way. 

topics include: heavy metal, left-hand path occultism, Manowar, silliness vs seriousness, light, fire

Although he is not "good with computers", Aaron Franz has managed to create 200 episodes of Trans Resister Radio. This benchmark episode is highlighted by some great live calls. Aaron and producer, Chuck Ochelli, also get a chance to talk a bit about occult themes in heavy metal music. 

topics include: good at computers, malware and viruses, listener feedback, heavy metal, Chuck Ochelli, Papercut, live calls, left-hand path, Aleister Crowley, Behemoth, liner notes, multiple interpretations, Ed in Washington, letters in the mail, Twit Wit Radio, Berkeley, Norwegian Black Metal, burn churches, murder of bandmates, underground metal scenes, Satanism, Deicide, evil, Twilight, anti-establishment, average person wanting things spelled out for them, anger, anit-war, darkness of the world, Slayer, South of Heaven, anomie, Hell, danger of conformity, consciousness, God Hates Us All, songs against orthodox Christianity, metal tropes, hypocrisy of the church, lyrics vs instrumentation

Aaron invites his friend and producer Chuck Ochelli on to have a casual conversation about heavy metal. Both Aaron and Chuck are metal fans and here they have a lot of fun talking about some of the music that they like. Look for an Occult Themes in Popular Music episode coming in the future which will get into the darker “Satanic” side of heavy metal lyrics. 

topics include: Chuck Ochelli, heavy metal, fans, music, history, Steppenwolf, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Napalm Death, death metal, thrash metal, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmister, Earth, Metallica, post WW2 England, Ronnie James Dio, raising children on metal, Christian reaction to metal, Judas Priest court trial, Carcass, Death, black metal, live shows, punk rock, youth, hair metal, Poison, Motley Crue, corporate marketing schemes, snort ants, pee on the Alamo, Stryper, Hookers for Jesus, Gummo, Airheads, Glen Danzig, the Misfits, occult, Freemasonry, secret societies, backwards masking, Stained Class, Suicide Solution, Beastie Boys, living in hotels, Marilyn Manson

This month's Bonus Podcast is a book notes episode on Physical Control of the Mind by professor Jose Delgado. Delgado was the man who famously implanted electrodes in the brains of animals and humans. His bullfight with a bull that had electrodes implanted was televised in 1963. This book outlines some of his findings from his experiments, and a bit of his personal philosophy in pursuing the research in the first place. Aaron can't help but read occult meaning into the whole of this. 

topics include: electronic stimulation of the brain (ESB), Yale, science, occult, left-hand path occultism, mind, brain implants, animal testing, human testing, brainwashing, mind control, privacy, technology, history of brain implants, psychology, stimoceivers, brain-machine interface, computers

Richard B Spence is a professor of history at the University of Idaho. On this episode of Trans Resister Radio he talks a bit about the hidden nexus of connections that most often get overlooked when studying history. Secret Societies are the conduit by which these connections operate and influence many things, especially revolutionary movements. 

topics include: Richard B Spence, secret societies, University of Idaho, history, Russia, Europe, Russian Revolution, probability, bias, inconvenient historical figures, Boris Savinkov,  conspiracies, revolutionary movements, Okhrana, counterintelligence, infiltration, US Communist Party, FBI, COINTELPRO, government agents, intimidation, Freemasonry, Theosophy, Aleister Crowley, invisible nexus of connections, Cryptic Freemasonry, Comte de Cagliostro, charlatans, Saint Germain, acting, opening ceremony of New Saint Gotthard Tunnel, ritual, Ancient Mysteries, symbolism, summoning spirits, demons, stage magic, sleight of hand, illusion, mind, emotions, James Shelby Downard, conspirosphere, JFK assassination

Aaron Franz and Chuck Ochelli talk a bit about the "Great Purge" of 2018 involving Alex Jones and other politically subversive internet personalities. 

topics include: iTunes reviews for podcasts, Alex Jones, social media ejections, The Great Purge, Chuck Ochelli, censorship, intellectual property, media production, online videos, Jack Blood, public threats, slander, conspiracy culture, 9/11 Truth, controlled opposition, audio mixer, technical difficulties, handing out DVDs in person

Artisan Loaf returns to the show to talk with Aaron a little more about Elon Musk and Tesla. 

topics include: @ArtisanLoaf on Twitter, Elon Musk not an original founder of Tesla, Thailand cave submarine, media, stock valuation, money lost, $TSLA stock shorts, Montana Skeptic, oil conspiracy narrative, silencing detractors, threats of litigation, time for Twitter, Henry Ford, car manufacturing, all in house

On this week’s show Aaron gives his listeners a declaration of intent for Trans Resister Radio. His ambitions to grow the show, and insight into his creative process are the focus. This is by no means a typical radio broadcast, but that is a good thing, and hopefully something that the audience appreciates. Please help out by writing a review on iTunes and/or signing up to help Aaron on Patreon.

topics include: live broadcast Friday nights, podcast audience, callers, creative process, art, Uncle (the podcast), inside jokes, behind the scenes, chaos, chance, dark humor, comedy, Twitter, genres, categories, marketing problems, limited audience, defying labels, quality over quantity, the numbers game, hypocrisy, antagonism between content creators, difficult social problems worked out on an individual basis, honesty, call for assistance, vote with your dollar, expenses, book sales, podcasters bringing in true income, listener engagement, finding purpose

Aaron gives some of his ideas on left-hand path occultism as it relates to its opposite, right-hand path occultism. The Black Lodge vs the Great White Brotherhood. What are the core philosophical differences between the two? How do these occult factions effect the greater social structure which we all live within? Is transhumanism a left-hand path occult pursuit? 

topics include: Lords of the Left-Hand Path, Dr Stephen Edred Flowers, religion, mysticism, hidden truth, the devil, Prince of Darkness, Black Flame, Temple of Set, Church of Satan, Atheism, Anton LaVey, Michael Aquino, subjective vs objective reality, transcendental experience, history of human consciousness, magic, science, philosophy, Owen Barfield, original participation, confusion, right vs left wing politics, social issues, philosophy behind science, masses divided, Fall of Man in Genesis, duality of tree symbol, ego

Independent animator Bill Plympton comes on Trans Resister Radio to talk about his Trump Bites animated series. The series has a Kickstarter campaign that only lasts a few more days. Bill takes some time to respond to critics that claim Trump Bites is homophobic in this interview. We also talk a bit about his new feature Revengeance. 

topics include: animation, animated shorts, Donald Trump, Putin, bigness, germs, words, real life audio clips, art, satire, political cartoons, freedom of speech, film screenings, drawing

Journalist, filmmaker, and author Joseph Flatley returns to the show. Here, he and Aaron discuss some of his past articles that focus on conspiracy theorists. In what way is conspiracy theorizing legitimate? In what ways can it do harm? This and much more is discussed. 

topics include: listening to your own voice, conspiracy theorists, weird people, fringe political movement, psychology, 9/11 Truth, disinformation, delusion, beliefs, Pittsburgh PA, paranormal, transhumanism, Ben Davidson, weather, solar flares, critical thinking, targeted individuals, paranoia, surveillance state, RAND Corporation, special interests, Alex Jones, Donald Trump, Strange Angel, videos

In this episode of Trans Resister Radio, Aaron returns to his Occult Themes in Popular Music series. The subject at hand is gambling and games of chance. The lyrics of three different rock songs are analyzed in terms of their occult significance regarding the many bright and shiny attractions of fabulous Las Vegas. 

topics include: gambling, playing cards, Tarot, occult and esoteric symbolism, Las Vegas, Sting, Alan Parsons Project, Elvis Presley, lyrics, addiction, four elements, light, fire, money, alchemy, Shape of My Heart, Turn of a Friendly Card, Viva Las Vegas

In this special Bonus Podcast, Pearse Redmond and Aaron Franz sit down to talk about the 2010 documentary David Wants To Fly. Made by German filmmaker, David Sieveking, this film is excellent and works on many different levels. It is an excellent critique of the Transcendental Meditation "movement" as the film exposes TM for what it truly is, a cult. Pearse and Aaron give their insights primarily on this angle. Thank you to all of our Patrons, and we hope you enjoy this epsiode.

Larry Woods is a retired electrical engineer and master electrician. Through his company, Limitless Energy Technologies, he has help innovate amazing new devices for generating power via magnetics. In this interview Larry talks about the many inefficient ways that we go about producing and using electricity today. He also brings up some ideas concerning the ancient world as well. 

topics include: new shows on Ochelli dot com, Larry Woods, science, electricity, power, energy, frequency, magnetics, free energy, vortex math, toroidal coil, wireless, health issues, chemtrails, CA fires, electricity service providers, fluorescent light, Ancient Egypt, pyramids, obelisks, ancient power supplies, vibration, smart meters, directed energy weapons, toroidal field, colors, magnetic power supplies, point of usage power, Stanley Meyer, hydrogen reclamation systems, water car, business, patents

Friend of the show, Pearse Redmond, returns for a fun and casual conversation about a myriad of conspiracy related topics. From Les Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein to Transcendental Meditation to Danny Casolaro. Listeners will be sure to enjoy this episode. Be sure to listen to Trans Resister Radio live, Friday nights, 10pm-midnight EST, on Ochelli.com 

topics include: Friday nights, Porkins Policy Radio, Open Minds Foundation, LAX, El Segundo, text message tours, Los Angeles, movie filming locations, Pentagon Entertainment Liaison Office, NYC, Nicholas Roerich Museum, Freemasonry, Les Wexner, Columbus OH, Mike Jeffries, Abercrombie & Fitch, Jeffrey Epstein, homoeroticism, Top Gun, live calls, Transcendental Meditation, cults, Scientology, occult ideas, David Wants To Fly, David Lynch, blocked distribution, films, Werner Herzog, documentaries, Bono, unwashed masses, Ireland, Inland Empire, Riverside County, Indio, The Octopus Danny Casolaro story, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, casinos, California, Wackenhut, G4S, weapons testing, Blackwater, Erik Prince, Cambridge Analytica

Tim Will Hunting, author of The Custodian Chronicles, is the guest on this episode of Trans Resister Radio. He spent many years working as a janitor within the public school system, and decided to write a book about his experiences along with insights on some of the many flaws within the system. What sort of improvements could be made to improve the situation that we put our children in daily? 

topics include: Tim Will Hunting, The Custodian Chronicles, Dan and Kody Podcast, California, public school system, Native Alien Tribe, psychology, writing, philosophy, working, mundane reality, countdown to vacation, questioning authority, rat race, conspiracy, laws, death, money, routine, 9-5 job, cleaning, sane dialogue, arguments on Twitter, belief systems, letting go, communication, laws, politics, fear of the boss, federal government, moving to California, being called to the principal’s office

Elon Musk and Tesla are the topics at hand on this week’s show. First-time guest, Nick, who goes by @ArtisanLoaf on Twitter, is here to help us trudge through some of the cold hard realities behind the many bold predictions and promises doled out by everyone’s favorite billionaire. Are we going to space anytime soon? Will we have affordable, S3XY, and tax-deductible vehicles to drive? Should we crowdfund America’s newest automaker? These questions and much more explored in this fun and informative interview.

topics include: Elon Musk, Tesla, @ArtisanLoaf, Twitter, fun topics versus politics, gaining attention, Steve Jobs, tech moguls, ambition, Silicon Valley, Peter Thiel, Facebook, markup on emeralds, bashing the media, James Murdoch, Newscorp, Model 3, PR, broken promises, predictions, robots, manufacturing, staff members who left Tesla, affordable electric car, semi truck, roadster, presales for cars, strange financial practices, Tesla incomparable to other automakers, gross margins, service centers, expenses, creating demand high, reliability, wait times for service, production shut downs, going to Mars, California incomparable to the rest of the world, green technology, S3XY, marketing, Trump supporters, superficial supporters, salesman, flamethrower

Aaron shares some of his thoughts on the psycho-social phenomenon known as the Midlife Crisis. From observations of daily life to occult implications, this episode covers a lot of ground. 

topics include: midlife crisis, mid-life, aging, genders, men, Elliot Jacques, creative genius, life begins at 40, Daniel Levinson, distressed suburbanite, cliches, adultery, depression, Western Culture, reverence of youth, 1960s sexual revolution, family, generational change, Anton LaVey, social norms, psychology, attraction to young women, reliving your past, occult, vitality, androgyny, marriage, bond, alchemy, coming to know the opposite sex, maturity, teeny bop music, creative power, conception, religion, the Bible, war of the sexes, meaning in life

Author, Calum Chace returns to the show to talk some more about what he calls The Economic Singularity. The world economy is likely in the first stages of a huge wave of automation brought on by advances in artificial intelligence. 

topics include: artificial intelligence, writing, technological unemployment, Twitter, keeping debate civil, deriving meaning from careers, evolution, science, deep learning, AGI, DeepMind, China, surveillance, government and private industry, engineering problems, space exploration, transhumanism, mind uploading

Author Joseph L Flatley comes on to talk about his new novel, Sirhan or The Hallucinatory Vanguard. The book offers a unique take on conspiracy culture, history, and the strange times in which we live. You can find it on Amazon and at Joseph's website. 

topics include: Joseph L Flatley, Sirhan or The Hallucinatory Vanguard, conspiracy culture, unusual people, writing, The Healing Church, cannabis, Pittsburgh, street protests, cults, new journalism, fiction, history, satire, Mad Magazine, open carry firearms, political extremists, videos, Corey Feldman, State College PA, punk rock, government spooks, assassinations, strangeness of everyday life, fake news, fringe ideas made mainstream, YouTube channels, mind control, hypnosis, self publishing, life in mid twenties, substance abuse, the Amish

Pearse Redmond returns to Trans Resister Radio to tell tales from his recent trip to Ireland. He and Aaron discuss the powerful mystique of ancient sites such as Newgrange.

topics include: Pearse Redmond, Ireland, whiskey distilleries, Newgrange, Dingle, prehistory, tourism, Hill of Tara, Stone of Destiny, underground, Winter Solstice, awe, mystery, pagan religion, history, myth, attaching your own agenda to ancient mysteries, racism, British Israelites, Ark of the Covenant, open mind, state sponsored media, cults, Open Minds Foundation, Holy Grail, trauma

Winston Conrad is an attorney, artist and podcaster. Here, he talks a bit about his thoughts on how law relates to magic and the occult. 

topics include: Winston Conrad, law, magic, occult, knights, suits, swords, wands, Tarot, Freemasonry, advocate, authority, secret societies, Ancient Greece, America, guilds, black robes, bar, esquire, talismans, legal documents, ID cards, rituals, incantations, Africa, Voodoo, immigration, Haiti, street gangs, zombies, Justice, vampires, animals with government jobs, talking heads

This Bonus Podcast episode of Trans Resister Radio picks up from the last Themes & Memes review of Black Mirror season 3. Specifically, the episode entitled San Junipero. In reading up on left hand path occultism, Aaron found some connections to transhumanism and to this episode of Black Mirror. 

topics include: Themes and Memes, Black Mirror, San Junipero, left hand path occultism, transhumanism, Satanism, Anton LaVey, philosophy, artificial systems, virtual worlds, controlled society, sexuality, fetishistic sex, sex dolls, Sixth Phase Satanism, Petagonal Revisionism, androids, technology, Pleasure Domes, vacation, Futurism, serpent, symbolism, original sin, Lucifer, Eve, Erotic Crystallization Inertia, immortality, time, the Reaper, Death, Stephen Edred Flowers, understanding the world

Jordan Maxwell is the first guest on the new live version of Trans Resister Radio, and what an honor it was to have him. Hear what he has to say about occult concepts such as the Lost Word. 

topics include: different methods of research, news media, corruption, government, lies, Hollywood, occult, music industry, NEWS, Druids, words, language, secret societies, Freemasonry, Saturn, telepathy, artificial intelligence, technology, UBI, smart phones, loss of jobs, government as parent, alchemy, Gaia videos, new radio and videos, pyramid under the ocean

Small differences can seem to make a world of difference. In the end scheme of things, we all live on the same planet. That is, of course, until our Lord and Savior Elon Musk takes us to Mars. 

topics include: lining up guests, argument with prospective guest, new age nonsense, occult, Satanism, Anton LaVey, Elon Musk, alchemy, magic, public relations, Starbucks racist coffee comedy performance art, splinters of Truth Movement

This is the premier episode of the new live version of Trans Resister Radio. The show will air every Wednesday from 10pm-midnight EST on Ochelli.com. In this episode Aaron lets the audience know who he is, and what to expect from this latest incarnation of TRR. 

topics include: live radio, callers, audience, The Age of Transitions video, podcasting, commentary, research, alternative topics, conspiracy, books, transhumanism, blogs, white papers, eugenics, philosophy, religion

Aaron shares his notes on The Technological Society by French sociologist, Jacques Ellul. This book is a classic, and highly recommended. 

topics include: Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society, sociology, technique, technology, technology as god, Mass Man, conditioning, public relations, propaganda, modern society, reality of scientific work, politics, religion, magic, eschatology, mythology, esoteric side of technology, destruction of natural social groups, finance, economics, art and artifice, moral relativism, planned economies, transhumanism, New Man, labor, vaccine concerns, neurosis, city life, film

Some say that mysticism is the tool of tyrants. For all those who see that life itself is a mystery, this explanation does not hold water. 

topics include: mysticism, mystery, truth seeking, authority, religion, religious impulse, objective and subjective realities, meditation, gray areas, insight, models of understanding, idol worship, intellectual exploration, left-hand path occultism, the meaning of life, beyond logic, the more you learn the less you know, demons, greater reality, infinite, debate, Natural Law, Truth, drug abuse

Some of the fears of the Western world would be deflated if we stopped to face ourselves in the mirror. This Bonus Podcast episode was inspired by Pamela.  This is just a clip from the episode, which is available in full to my subscribers at Patreon. 

topics include: interesting TRR podcast audience, ethics, morality, Buddhism, Tao Te Ching, desire, billionaire neurosis, American values, dragging others down, social media nastiness, wasting energy, mindfulness, philosophy, questioning ourselves, overworked, detachment, Christian Republican doublethink, marketing, buying happiness, honesty, branding, lifestyle, rationalization, life requires purpose, narrative, navigating panic scenarios

Zarathustra has many and varied acolytes. This episode is merely an introduction to some connections Aaron has stumbled upon. 

topics include: Left Hand Path occultism, connecting dots, Stephen Edred Flowers, Original Magic, Zoroastrianism, Church of Satan, Michael Aquino, Order of the Trapezoid, Zarathustra, religion, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, duality, beyond good and evil, overman, transcendence, discarding social norms, individual code of ethics, Grail Quest, Ben Goertzel, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, h+, Nihilism, Creative Nihilism, AGI, ethics, right vs left brain, fringe topics, Jason Reza Jorjani, psi, psychokinesis, Red Ice Creations, Antifa, Persian revival, neo Nazis, swastika, Wewelsburg, SS, immortality, planned suicide

Aaron tells some tales of his experience behind the scenes within "truther" circles, and describes some people who have done wrong by him. A lot of people produce media simply to get more attention to themselves, and this constant is what has caused the most problems over the years. Get the inside scoop in this bonus podcast episode of Trans Resister Radio.

topics include: TRR may be a weekly show, problems with other independent media producers, Sophia Smallstorm, 9/11 Mysteries, truth groups, Andrew Anglin, Andre’s Myspace page, Outlaw Journalism forum, The Age of Transitions video, selling online, Pilots for 9/11 Truth, Morgellons, chemtrails, Sandy Hook, Save the Humans, Red Ice Radio, Renegade Tribune, Kyle Hunt, racism, white genocide, Flat Earth, Daniel Estulin, Transevolution, Revolve, 2001 NBIC conference, UK MOD Strat Trends report, Newt Gingrich, poor research, Mark Dice, Georgia Guidestones, integrity, ethics

Huge economic changes are on the rise due to Ai, autonomous systems, and other emerging technologies. Here, Aaron speculates on what the MAGA crowd may do in the face of major shifts of the American sociopolitical reality. 

topics include: TRR now on iHeartRadio, change mailing address, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, economy, Ford CEO CES talk against individual automobiles, Jim Hackett, technology, large scale transportation systems, fleet sales, Dominos Pizza, Postmates, Uber, Tesla semi truck, semiautonomous, UPS, Amazon, cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, SageMaker, big data, Jeff Bezos, USPS, Royal Mail, emerging technologies, Trump presidency, MAGA, dissatisfaction with politics, populism, reactionary politics, Alex Jones, homegrown terrorism, martial law, racism, divide and conquer, conspiracy behind conspiracy peddling, seeking truth, Tank Man

Ed Opperman is a radio host and private investigator. His show, The Opperman Report, often covers cases involving dark occultism and ritual abuse. On this podcast, Aaron asks Ed questions about how real he feels these phenomena are. What evidence exists that there have been coverups? Anyone who has ever looked into this subject matter will enjoy this show, so be sure to listen. 

topics include: The Opperman Report, obscure topics, cold cases, conspiracy theories, organized crime, private investigation, occultism, Aleister Crowley, Christianity, black magic, Satanism, Michael Aquino, the Bible, Ashra Poles, child sacrifice, early internet, Satanic Panic, Usenet forums, Curio Jones, biker gang surveillance team, SLAPP lawsuit, Ted Gunderson, Cointelpro, Art Bell lawsuit, errors and omissions insurance, supposed truth, paid informants, McMartin Preschool case, celebrities, ground penetrating radar, hand dug room, false memory syndrome, Yippies NYC, the Process Church, blood rituals, getting others to believe your lies, Son of Sam, Untermeyer Park, imported stones, Studio 54, Donald Trump, blackmail, psychological warfare, US military, Pentagon, The Phoenix Program, rape

Aaron talks a bit about the new animated film, Coco. He projects some criticisms that are likely to come from radial Right and Left wing political groups. 

topics include: synchronicity, Coco Pixar movie, movies that work on many levels, fame, Halloween, Pagan festivals, Dia De Los Muertes, Mexico, guessing how others will view the movie, polarized politics, Alt Right, SJWs, Frozen animated short, Christmas, holidays, War on Christmas, cultural appropriation, social tension, same holiday worldwide viewed as something different, comparative religion, foolish debunkers, media overemphasizing polarized politics

Learn all about Anthony Levandowski. From the Google vs Uber court case, to his new religion which is based on the worship of Artificial Intelligence. 

topics include: guest spots on other shows, transhumanism, Singularity, Anthony Levandowski, artificial intelligence, Google and Uber lawsuit, autonomous vehicles, Ghost Rider motorcycle, DARPA Grand Challenge, Smithsonian American History Museum, Berkeley, lidar, Velodyne, Vuetool, Google Street View, 510 Systems, Topcon box, Project Chauffeur, robots, control the world, Otto, self driving taxis, AI religion, Way of the Future, AGI, godlike machine, ideas before development, alchemy, the Transition, the Manual, ideals, Ben Goertzel, h+, fringe topics, self preservation, immortality, science fiction, contradictions, occult, atheism, deeper understanding

Manly P Hall, author of The Secret Teachings of All Ages died under suspicious circumstances. His wife claimed that he was murdered by his live in caretaker, Daniel Fritz. This little known story is fascinating, and is the subject at hand in this episode of Trans Resister Radio. 

topics include: podcast update, The Ochelli Effect, death of Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, occult studies, Philosophical Research Society, dead under suspicious circumstances, allegations of murder, Daniel Fritz, Marie Bauer Hall, long term goal of PRS, Mogins Brandt, rewrite will, vacation through Santa Barbara, travel in RV, engine overheat, suffocation, Dr Pollack, death certificate, autopsy, ants on face, LAPD investigation, civil court case, Rosicrucian and alchemy books changing hands to Getty Research Institute, Obadiah Harris, theories about MPH murder, Freemasonry, Jordan Maxwell, studying occult topics

Pearse Redmond joins Aaron Franz for a conversation about the bizarre political climate we find ourselves in today. This is the first Bonus Podcast episode of Trans Resister Radio.

topics include: Jimmy Kimmel, state sponsored entertainment, news, mainstream media, The Daily Show, Ben Stein, Sand Point Idaho, Freemasonry, Hollywood, politicizing tragic events, Las Vegas mass shooting, fake news, narratives, Roger Stone, Iran Contra, bullying documentary, passive aggression, marketing, selling ideas, Brigade, social media for politics, repression, strategy of tension, Charlottesville, white nationalism, FBI patsies, fantasy politics, accepting reality, age of transitions, huge social changes

Aaron briefly explains his new Patreon campaign to listeners. 

Calum Chace is the author of "The Economic Singularity", a book about technological unemployment. Artificial intelligence is highly likely to begin taking over human jobs in the near future. What should we start doing in the face of this?

topics include: The Economic Singularity, Ai, artificial intelligence,Pandora’s Brain, technological unemployment, new economy, Ray Kurzweil, dogmatic skeptics, Moore’s Law, quantum computing, 1956 DARPA conference, 2012 Ai development boom, narrow Ai, AGI, existential threat, Luddite Fallacy argument, cognitive automation, exponential growth, warehouse picking, Amazon competitions, level 5 self driving vehicles, Google,car and tech companies, medicine, machine doctors, IBM Watson, social change, Star Trek Economy, radical abundance, free market, Universal Basic Income, think tanks, coming panic, Twitter, arguments against technological unemployment, transhumanism

Here, Aaron talks about the new album Everything Now, by Arcade Fire. Dancing back and forth from satirical comedy to utter tragedy, the music on this album succeeds in putting forth some very powerful messages and ideas. 

topics include: Arcade Fire, Everything Now, zeitgeist, art, social commentary, dark comedy, satire, media, concept album, quantity over quality, consumption, consumerism, depression, suicide, anomie, rock music, Millenials, Infinite Content, Chemistry, guitar hook, debased lyrics, Stereo Mcs Connected, Signs of Life, Reflektor, Creature Comfort, diamond mine, alchemy, PSA, poking fun, read between the lines, mirror, subtext, delusion, truth movement, Mike Cernovich thrown off by heckler, updates

Matthew Alford and Tom Secker come on the show to talk about their new book, National Security Cinema. A must-read for anyone who wants to know more about government collusion in film and television productions. 

topics include: National Security Cinema, government assisted films, DoD, intelligence agencies, Hollywood, propaganda, corporate power, America, script changes, television, Entertainment Liaison Offices, lack of previous information, FOIA, self defense for viewing public, Pentagon, symbols, sense of security, pro war culture, public relations, conspiracy, lack of accountability and transparency, Oppenheimer Building, LA, consequences of violence, culture shift, CIA, The Recruit, changing military characters to civilians, Independence Day, The Incredible Hulk, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, killing memes before they start, Phil Strub, Charlie Wilson’s War, JFK, Oliver Stone, Military Industrial Complex, snowball effect, Reel Bad Arabs, Meet the Parents, Amazon

The age old goal of becoming truly human has been discarded in favor of reverting to a Gorilla Mindset. Well, for some folks this is the case. What about you? 

topics include: update, alternative media landscape, going mainstream, Alex Jones performance artist, truth as a marketing tool, lawsuits, Mike Cernovich, Alt Right, Gorilla Mindset, esoteric goal of becoming human, Hercules, 12 animals of zodiac, thinking by the numbers, defeat with popularity, Battle of Berkeley, trap of anger, greater truth, mundane routine, Tao, semantics games, doing something useful, positivity, AJES article

What have the transhumanists been up to these days? Aaron does his best to keep up, and he cites a Rand Corporation podcast about Ai. 

topics include: Trump hysteria, Obama Joker, Alex Jones, the Fool, Themes and Memes, The Wicker Man, transhumanists, left/right political divide, Max More, IEET, technoprogressives, Rand podcast about Ai, Big Data, machine learning, naivety, alt media merging with mainstream media, divide and conquer, The System, war economy, MIC, need for wisdom

Aaron shares some of his thoughts on president Donald Trump, the Truth Movement, and where the "alternative" media may be heading. 

topics include: supporting Aaron, president Trump, anti-establishment president, alternative media, Age of Transitions team, technology, post truth world, sharing research material, Alt Right, alt media joining mainstream, right wing politics, fringe politics, racism, doublethink, Radical Islamic Terrorism, War on Terror, Truth Movement, civil liberties, foreign wars, Truthers as bad guys, Nazis, martial law, Trump the celebrity, political leaders need to relate to average person, population divided, self destruction, left right political paradigm

Can we accurately describe our world in cliches? Aaron takes a look at a popular phrase of our day to see if it holds up.  

topics include: what Aaron has been up to, podcasts, news stories, automation, human labor displacement, think tanks, Brookings, problems of philosophy, confusion, cliches, you can’t blame the world for your problems, social issues, dealing with the dark side, vacuous positivity, new age, media, negative thoughts considered bad, reality TV, The Voice, celebrity, fame, ego, making it to the top, Social Darwinism, USPS, toxic work environment, psychological disorders, suicide, bottomline results, going postal, stress related illnesses, blame the victim, lack of empathy, Jacques Ellul, world for machines, sensitive people, the system, angry mob

Aaron talks about some of the strangest examples of his own brain's neurons firing off electro-chemical signals across synapses. 

topics include: status of podcast, remembering childhood consciousness, meditation as precursor to OBE, Nothing, experiences that defy logic, occult practices, metaphysics are misunderstood, attention, waking up, awareness during sleep, dreams, astral projection, Robert Bruce, mobile body awareness, Rosicrucians, sleep paralysis, vibration, feeling as though you are struggling with someone, dark side of your psyche, physical and metaphysical realities coincide, reductionist empiricism, Persinger’s God Helmet, public acquiescence to academic opinion, lucid dreaming experiences, telepathy, retaining awareness just before falling asleep, transhumanism, definition of normal

Aaron rounds off the Virtually There series (for now) with this look at the alt media/Truth Movement. It is easy to get lost in details and semantics when following alt media, but what larger effect has "the truth" had on society as a whole? What is it that we should individually believe in, and what should we be doing in order to make things better? 

topics include: massive change, no identity, Obama’s campaign slogan, anti-establishment election year, frustration, mainstream media, alternative media, what constitutes a victory for alt media, goals of truth movement, how to replace old system, return to past, not about solutions, suggestibility, conspiracy theories in mainstream media, trust no one, nothing to believe in, destroy and rebuild, right-wing extremism, fascism, overcoming confusion, regaining philosophy, put into a reactionary state

Virtually There continues as Aaron wrestles with the difficult topic of marriage. What is a marriage? What is a civil union? How are our ideas about marriage changing? We may individually have our own opinions on this issue, but what about the big picture? It is sad to see the shallow level at which the marriage debate takes place today, but you can bet that things are going to get a lot more serious as time goes on. 

topics include: marriage, civil unions, occult, chemical marriage, philosophy, politics, leftwing vs rightwing, social ideals, LGBT, definition of normal, legal structure, Love, creation, sexual union, reproduction, Gods, will, artificial wombs, artificial intelligence, government, population numbers, life extension, transhumanists, transhumanism, big picture, predictions, tough questions

Virtually There continues as Aaron talks a bit about media, and its role within the chaotic world we find ourselves in today. 

topics include: media, politics, lack of philosophy, med prefix, in the middle, opposing forces, occult principles, Gemini and Libra Zodiac signs, Hermes, mind, consensus reality, information overload, cognitive dissonance, confusion, hyperreality, reality of immaterial things, metaphysics, Fool, materialism, documentary, media bias, right and left wing, slogans, staying relevant, alternative media, questioning everything, truth, tearing apart, destroy and rebuild,  Freemasons in need of new members, meta conspiracy, storyteller, angry mob, search for identity, esoteric circles, conserving energy, detachment 

Continuing with the Virtually There podcast series Aaron talks about the current political scene in America. 2016 has been dubbed "the anti-establishment" presidential election year. How is it that most people are upset with the establishment, and how are they venting their frustrations? 

topics include: lack of philosophy, emerging technologies, political disintegration, Carroll Quigley, Western Civilization, American history, Revolutionary Tradition, France, national identity, material success, American Dream, American exceptionalism, imperial foreign policy, pseudo philosophies, slogans, propaganda, symptoms of decaying civilizations, vested special interest groups, individual freedom, belief, alienation, political influence, election year, anti-establishment year, Donald Trump, frustration, celebrity, PR, religion decaying, radical Islam, tough guy mentality, everyday things to create real change, geopolitics, National Security Act, counterintelligence, state sponsored entertainment, fog of war, World Stage, actors, Babylon, truth

Aaron brings back the Virtually There podcast series with this seventh installment. Scientism is rising, and a corresponding lack of philosophy puts us in a troubling situation. Can we regain our ability to make sense of the world before we lose it all? 

topics include: environment within which technology further develops, world culture, progress, science as a process and tool, bumper stickers, fall of religion, true philosophy has been lost, Postmodernism, anomie, scientism, technocratic ideals, Industrial Revolution, technique, Jacques Ellul, social system, human needs not a priority, autonomous machines, transhumanism, enhanced human performance, the system as a living thing, human merge with The System, near future predictions, legal structural change, autonomous vehicles, driving jobs, displacement of human labor, digital inventory, online sales, sensors, narrow Ai, virtual world, cyber security, welfare, more free time, pace of work, distractions, Babylon, Manly P Hall

Transhuman technologies present very real dangers. That they could be used malevolently by terrorists is obvious. In today's terrorized world, what do we think will happen as such technologies "hit the market"? They won't be allowed into the hands of the average person to use as they please as many transhumanists wish to see happen.

topics include: instant news coverage, terror attacks in Brussels, keeping up with the news, entertainment shows, media convergence, sensationalism, terrorism, banning Muslims, modern political paradigm, Post 9/11 World, Security State, alternative media shifting views, transhumanism, transhuman fundamentalists, scientism, overpopulation, eugenics, terrorist potential of emerging technologies, Newt Gingrich, Age of Transitions, stakeholders, NBIC, nanotechnology, grey goo, biotechnology, Information Technology, digitized world, hackers, Cyber Security, Cognitive technologies, implantable chips, brain hacking, car hacking, ISIS, security agencies, military, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, narrow Ai, AGI, pattern recognition, video games, Big Data, social simulations, predictive models, Singularity Summit, autonomous machines, human labor displaced, human dignity attached to labor, Twitter, internet, memes, new podcast

Aaron talks to his old friend Eric about traveling and living throughout the world. Eric is from America and has lived in China and Panama. 

topics include: traveling, Latin America, Northern China, extreme cold, food, construction, ice festival, working, ESL, natives, snails, collectivism vs individualism, coming back to America, Ohio, permaculture, Panama, Friendly Nations Visa, low population, expat cult, suburbs, pace of life, building homes, The Philippines, Northern California, Cambodian temples

Pearse Redmond returns to the show to tell us about Newsbud. Sibel Edmonds and others are trying to start a new large-scale online news source that will be completely funded by individual people, and not big foundations, corporations or government. If and when Newsbud is up and running Pearse will be a senior producer working full time to bring you more of the kind of material that he now creates at Boiling Frogs Post and Porkins Policy Review. Newsbud is now raising start up money via a Kickstarter campaign. 

topics include: Newsbud, multimedia platform, Kickstarter campaign, Sibel Edmonds, Peter B Collins, Bill Conroy, Pepe Escobar, studio equipment, office, stringers, comments, listener interaction, Jeffrey Epstein, Palm Beach FL, citizen journalism, editing, writing, travel budget, live video streaming, Christoph Germann, Porkins Great Game, podcasting, OJ Simpson, Boiling Frogs Post, quit yer day job, more time to produce media, The Peoples’ Voice, David Icke, vetting producers, celebrity, promotion, funding goal, Bernie Sanders, ski parachuting, James Corbett, interview series, live events, daily live shows, live chats, music, making a contribution

This podcast examines the careers of four children's book authors/illustrators. All four served in the US military during World War 2. 

topics include: Richard Scarry, Busy Town, army, art career, New York, publishing industry, Golden Books, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Doctor Seuss, First Motion Picture Unit, propaganda, PM magazine, political cartoons, anti-isolationism, Warner Brothers, Disney, Chuck Jones, Private Snafu, PD Eastman, animation career, Seuss protege, Roald Dahl, RAF, pilot, intelligence work, Lord Halifax, Britain, getting America to fight WWII

A life of creating media leads to contemplation of its many shortcomings. More than one devilish prankster has purposely taken advantage of these built in media biases in order to have a good laugh. In this podcast, Aaron encourages such nonsense not only to have some fun but to better understand media and social dynamics as well. 

topics include: art, animation, art class, local newspapers, journalism, interviewee taken out of context, point of view, spin, The Age of Transitions, New Year's Eve 2000, Y2K, WTC 7 as command center, terrorism, promoting the official story of 9/11, viewer, communication, Andy Kaufman, inter-gender wrestling, pranks, Franni